Bigger EU budget indispensable for European sovereignty, says Macron’s top advisor on 20/10/23
The EU will need to spend big and face global challenges autonomously to make enlargement a success, as America is losing interest in Europe, Garance Pineau, the Europe Advisor of the French President, said on Friday (20 October). EU governments... Experts: Stockpiling may be EU’s blind spot in critical raw materials debate on 20/10/23
China’s decision on Friday (20 October) to curb graphite exports raised the question of creating new EU strategic stocks of critical raw materials, a question that has so far been largely overlooked by Brussels. Europe’s microstates must clean up their banking sectors on 20/10/23
Unresolved banking scandals threaten to derail closer cooperation with Europe's microstates, writes Martin Kreutner. China to curb exports of graphite, a key battery material on 20/10/23
China, the world's top graphite producer, on Friday (20 October) announced new curbs on exports of certain types of graphite, key to making batteries for electric vehicles, in its latest move to control supplies of critical minerals in response to challenges over its manufacturing dominance. The climate-hostile paradigm on 20/10/23
The EU's reaction to the current inflationary episode shows that it still follows a macroeconomic paradigm that makes it unable to properly react to the climate crisis and will ultimately lead to economic and ecological misery. Prospects dim for deals on trade at Washington EU-US summit on 20/10/23
Prospects dimmed on Thursday (19 October) for agreements ending long-running disputes between the United States and European Union over Trump-era tariffs and US green subsidies after negotiators failed to make any breakthroughs before a White House summit. Green investors warn EU against rollback of climate policies on 19/10/23
Despite the transition to climate neutrality creating frictions in the short-term, politicians should not change course, investors in green technologies said, asking for clear signals that the transition will be followed through. Three Ways to Fix Young Europeans’ Property Nightmare [Promoted content] on 19/10/23
"Politicians love to talk the language of youth – as if promising to “connect” with younger voters will miraculously increase their electoral appeal. But the truth is that politicians are playing the wrong game." France readies for charm offensive as debt levels back on rating agencies’ radar on 19/10/23
As the French government pushed its 2024 budget bill through Parliament without a vote on Wednesday (18 October), and threats of an excessive deficit procedure (EDP) hover, France is once again under the microscope of credit rating agencies. Crunchtime for the due diligence law on 18/10/23
As the EU's Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) is being discussed between member state governments and the European Parliament, it looks like one of the most significant pieces of corporate legislation in a long time is on the line.
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